BBC's Meet the Stans Documentary: Uzbekistan

In 2003, BBC aired a series of travel documentaries starring Simon Reeve. He visited all of the Central Asian -stans, save Turkmenistan. In the Uzbekistan episode, we see a pop star, the secret police, and the tomb of Tamerlane. Plus, companion Shahida Tulyaganova is a real hoot, an Uzbek version of Anthony Bourdain's Russian sidekick Zamir.

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